The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier: Complete in Two Volumes, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1868 |
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... pain and sorrow were my own . Oh Freedom ! if to me belong Nor mighty Milton's gift divine , Nor Marvell's wit and graceful song , Still with a love as deep and strong As theirs , I lay , like them , my best gifts on thy shrine ...
... pain and sorrow were my own . Oh Freedom ! if to me belong Nor mighty Milton's gift divine , Nor Marvell's wit and graceful song , Still with a love as deep and strong As theirs , I lay , like them , my best gifts on thy shrine ...
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... rise on the leaping river . But , in the convulsive quiver and grip Of the muscles around her bloodless lip , There is something painful and sad to see ; And her eye has a glance more sternly wild Than 36 MOGG MEGONE .
... rise on the leaping river . But , in the convulsive quiver and grip Of the muscles around her bloodless lip , There is something painful and sad to see ; And her eye has a glance more sternly wild Than 36 MOGG MEGONE .
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... at once within her strove Pity with shame , and hate with love . The Past recalls its joy and pain , Old memories rise before her brain- The lips which love's embraces met , The hand her tears of parting wet , The voice MOGG MEGONE . 87.
... at once within her strove Pity with shame , and hate with love . The Past recalls its joy and pain , Old memories rise before her brain- The lips which love's embraces met , The hand her tears of parting wet , The voice MOGG MEGONE . 87.
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... pain , Burns fiercely on his heart and brain- Still lingers something of the spell Which bound her to the traitor's bosom- Still , midst the vengeful fires of hell , Some flowers of old affection blossom . John Bonython's eye - brows ...
... pain , Burns fiercely on his heart and brain- Still lingers something of the spell Which bound her to the traitor's bosom- Still , midst the vengeful fires of hell , Some flowers of old affection blossom . John Bonython's eye - brows ...
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... pain was keenly preying Upon her very heart , repaying My brief repentance with a smile . ' Oh , in her meek , forgiving eye There was a brightness not of mirth- A light , whose clear intensity Was borrowed not of earth . Along her ...
... pain was keenly preying Upon her very heart , repaying My brief repentance with a smile . ' Oh , in her meek , forgiving eye There was a brightness not of mirth- A light , whose clear intensity Was borrowed not of earth . Along her ...
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Page 333 - We know de promise nebber fail, An' nebber lie de word ; So like de 'postles in de jail, We waited for de Lord : An' now he open ebery door, An' trow away de key ; He tink we lub him so before, We lub him better free.
Page 265 - There's quiet in that Angel's glance, There's rest in his still countenance ! He mocks no grief with idle cheer, Nor wounds with words the mourner's ear ; But ills and woes he may not cure He kindly trains us to endure. Angel of Patience ! sent to calm Our feverish brows with cooling...
Page 129 - What, ho! our countrymen in chains! The whip on woman's shrinking flesh! Our soil yet reddening with the stains Caught from her scourging, warm and fresh! What! mothers from their children riven! What! God's own image bought and sold! Americans to market driven, And bartered as the brute for gold!
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Page 349 - Her home is brave in Jaffrey Street, With stately stairways worn By feet of old Colonial knights And ladies gentle-born. Still green about its ample porch The English ivy twines, Trained back to show in English oak The herald's carven signs. And on her, from the wainscot old, Ancestral faces frown, — •And this has worn the soldier's sword, And that the judge's gown.
Page 253 - And the lady smiled on the worn old man through the dark and clustering curls Which veiled her brow as she bent to view his silks and glittering pearls ; And she placed their price in the old man's hand, and lightly turned away, But she paused at the wanderer's earnest call, • — "My gentle lady, stay!
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Page 275 - Th' eternal step of Progress beats To that great anthem, calm and slow, Which God repeats. Take heart ! — the Waster builds again, — A charmed life old Goodness hath ; The tares may perish, — but the grain Is not for death. God works in all things ; all obey His first propulsion from the night : Wake thou and watch ! — the world is gray With morning light ! THE PRISONER FOR DEBT.
Page 134 - I love thee with a brother's love, I feel my pulses thrill To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy words, As leaps the warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords...